Destiny Disrupted – Book Review
(This article has been published in The Companion on 26th August, 2013.) History has many lessons in store for humanity. It enables us to gain knowledge about the doings of the former generations on one hand, while on the other hand it guides us in our own personal and collective lives. The knowledge about the mistakes committed by the past generations will certainly stop us from repeating them again, while their successes and glories will encourage us to follow their course of action on different situations. As youths it is very important for us to know the history of our forefathers and to read and analyze their lives critically. Today many voluminous books are available on the history of Islam and Muslims. Every book has its own message and tries to convey or impress upon the reader some particular ideology or concept. There are a very meager number of books as per my knowledge which narrates the history of Islam and Muslims in an unbiased and in a manner receptive to